| 词汇 | purloin |
| 释义 | purloin verb[ T ] formal or humorousuk /pəˈlɔɪn/ us /pɚˈlɔɪn/ to steal something: 偷窃，偷盗 I was using a pen that I'd purloined from the office.我在用的钢笔是我从办公室顺手牵羊拿来的。 Synonyms filchinformal lift(STEAL) nick(STEAL)UKinformal pilfer pinch snarfinformal steal(TAKE) swipe(STEAL)informal Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job piratically plunder poach poaching porch piracy rustle rustling snaffle snitch Examples of purloinpurloin Associations of this kind excite the imagination and, in so doing, purloin evidence of workable hypotheses by referring the unknown directly to the known. While so many unqualified soldiers were kept in the rank-and-file, it was common for officers to purloin the salaries of the unfilled vacancies. What mattered was the composers' confidence that, wherever they derived their inspiration, whatever they purloined and treated as their 'heritage', they could assimilate it and make it their own. All that stuff about the famous "purloined document" is an example. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But even then we find some families purloining part of the equipment provided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite cheekily, they purloined £3 to £4 billion of water assets from local authorities without any compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who fiddle the ballot may purloin the papers or substitute false papers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been purloined for the benefit of councillors and their families. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had purloined it from someone's five small cigarette packet that we had in those days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about the alleged shoplifter who purloins a packet of sweets? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The academics, if it is academics who wrote the report, have rather purloined the word "detriment" as being a pure economic term. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Paradoxically, its income, which comes from oil, is increasing, but none of it reaches the inhabitants, being entirely purloined by the ruling classes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is widespread concern about leaked or purloined documents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have some suspicion as to who were responsible for purloining the vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regret to say that the document was somehow purloined, although we tried to keep it to ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。